The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-30
CONVICTED IN A JIFFY.
sHARP'S JURY OUT OF THE ROOM
ONLY THIRTEEN MINUTES.

Mr.. Stickney's Last Vain Plea for the
Defendant = Col. Fellows Sarcasm
Compels Even the Presiding Judge
to Srnile-The Prisoner Manifests No
Excitement on Hearing the Result.
NEW YORK. June 29--The thirty-fourth
and last day of the Sharp trial dawned
bright and clear. The aged defendant shut
fled into court at one door as Judge Barrett
came in at another He appeared much
more feeble than usual, walking with great
difficulty to his place. A delay of ten min
utes was occasioned at the request of Mr..
| tStickney before he commenced to sum up.
After thanking the jury for its indulgence
of yesterday in allowing him until to-day to
prepare his address, he stated that hitherto
his practice has been with cases involving
property, and that this is his first criminal
case. He would not attempt to deliver an
eloquent address, but to make clear, sensi-
| BILE argument that will appeal to reasoning
men.
sTICKNEY's ADDRESS.
Mr.. Stickney, in his address, said the
charge against Sharp was one of bribery
not conspiracy. This, he held, had not
| Deen proven Dy uIo 6NlQ6DCb. Inc 1llrY
| were asked to send Sharp to prison and i'm
pose practically a sentence of death upon
him, because somebody corrupted the Board
of Aldermen, but there IS not particle of
evidence of the payment of money to the
Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen of 1884
Ihe conceded to be a crowd of corrupt
Istrilzers demanding blackmail of everybody
NOf their guilt, he said, there could be
Nno doubt, but he asserted that there
was nothing to connect Sharp with them
Mr. Stickney concluded by saying Sharp
Ibid not fear the result "He has been
Ihounded by the whole press without' as
Imuch as one single sheet suggesting that he
Twas entitled to fair trial If he was not
Iconfident, he had ample time to fee l de-
umand of you that you protect him and see
that he receives at your hands the verdict of
Iacquittal to which he is entitled"
THE PROSECUTIONS CLOSE.
The court room was crowded to suffoca-
ton when Joan R. Fellows. Chief Assistant
{ l District Attorney, arose to make the closing
> ! N"rgument for the prosecution. He reviewed
u Ae testimony as presented to the court,
rarely referring to his notes, in a mastery
manner, taking it up point by point and
Upressing it upon the attention of the jury.
Turning his attention to the actions of
Sharp upon the day the franchise was
Igranted, he recited at length Sharp's
faction in having the resolutions
Uprepared before the meeting was over. He
Il said the board took their orders to pass the
Iresolutions just as Alderman Pearson had
L the day before, when Sharp directed him to
usign the cali for the meeting. Richmond,
1 to whom the resolutions were sent, recog-
II nized the danger of connecting himself
with their passage, and burst out in the i'm
UpetuouS manner which characterizes him
and said ''What the - did Sharp send
them to me for, where everybody can see
me; take them to Maloney" Mr.. Fellows
then said Messenger Dawling gave them to
Moloney and without any other considera-
tion save that which they received, after
weighing themselves like so much pork at
EMcLaughlin's house to ''see how much each
was worth, the Aldermen passed the reSo-
lutions.
OVERRIDING OF THE VETO.
He next reviewed the veto of the Mayor
and the contemptuous reception by Jaehne
and his associates. He continued: "Let us
see now where Sharp comes in. The $780,,
600 is up in the hands OF Moloney, but the
Mayor has vetoed the resolution and cannot
be reached Three-fourths of the Aldermen
must be secured When Powell, who was
greatly interested, heard of the veto of the
Mayor he hastened to Sharp. He met him
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel"
what will you do now he asks Sharp.
The Board of Aldermen is fixed says
UpndrD. anu UIlB1 dIe itoll1 NolJlHS5
patiently to pass the resolutions for him.
What do words imply Fixed how! The
board was sitting eager to pass the measure
over. the Mayors veto. This creature
Jaehne. unworthy to breathe the
same air as the Mayor, tosses
hack the papers from the Mayor
with insult. The Aldermen stood eager,
like hounds in the leash, to veto the mes
Isage. Then came the Lyddy injunction. l
have been trying in vain for months TO coin
words to compass the case of Lyddy. For
months the Aldermen had foregone the COM
forts of home life in secret meetings, and
there was S500000 in Keenan's pocket.
There foated between them sweet visions
of watering places, when there stepped be
tween them and their spoils Lyddy, an in
Significant little obstruction with his lnJunc-
ti0n.n
THE LITTLE wHIFFET.
At this juncture when Col. Fellows spoke
bf Lyddy f'the little whiffet,n and described
the awful CONSERVATION of the Twenty-Five
good and true Aldermen" when Lyddy
Faised between them and their promised
paradise distractions higher than the Alps
The speakers sarcasm made even Judge
Barrett laugh quietly to himself and every
BODY in the court room burst into merri-
ment which the court officers had to quiet
with loud rappings. THAT lmpedlment OF
Lyddy's must be removed" said Fellows
and again we see the line hand OF the ae-
fendantn
"The Aldermen are fixed" says Sharp
Then, although Judge Bartlett sat in the
adjoining room all day and 1t would nave
taken but a few minutes, Attorney Bright
went under cover of the darkness TO Judge
Bartlett and had it removed. Lyddy re-
teived Sl2,500 for 1t, but the Or
Der to remove was secured at
hight, so that no other citizen,
ho matter how just his cause, could get out
IN Injunction to secure his rights. Then
s1oloney, who had no more right to do 50
han the woman who sweeps out this room,
alled the Board of Aldermen together to
consider the passage Of the resolutions over
he Mayors Veto He knew what they were
talled for, but many Of the board themselves
Hid not know
THE WAVE OF THE HAND.
Col. Fellows then described that secret
meeting when the Aldermen met at Sharp's
eall and held session with closed doors.
Then Moloney went down and waved his
hand as signal that the deal had been
kSnsummated The Aldermen had kept their